Monday, September 22, 2014

Here, as promised, are the pictures of Saturday operations by our staff photographer Chuck Amstein. Usual restrictions apply: these images are copyrighted by the owner and may not be reproduced or sold without his express written consent.

In the morning, the really long coach train was pulled by one of our newest locomotives, 1848.

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My records show that 1848 registered a maximum of 100,000 lbs of force while pulling the coach train. (This measured from the dyno's hydraulic drawbar) It also had a peak throttle position of run 6.

1630 never topped 40,000 lbs of force, but in her defense the rail was wet most of the runs 1630 pulled.

The dynamometer and steam crew also managed to get the lights working in two of the other passenger cars (DMIR 84 and DLW 561) with the historically correct trainline jumpers (fed from the operational generator under the Dynamometer). Look for photos on the main IRM blog later this week.

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